😳 The day Linkin Park's "Numb" was Malta's anthem 🇲🇹

Can you imagine that instead of your national anthem, Linkin Park suddenly starts playing? Well, that exact thing happened to Malta. Turns out that back in 2014, before a friendly football match between Malta and Slovakia, there was a super random moment. At the stadium, instead of playing the Maltese anthem like they were supposed to, they hit play on the first few seconds of "Numb" by Linkin Park! Yep, the iconic track we all know.

Obviously, they realized the mistake super fast and played the right anthem, but it was already too late: someone recorded it, uploaded it to the internet, and boom, it went viral. People couldn't stop laughing and sharing the video, and that is how "Numb" became Malta's unofficial and funny "anthem" for a little while.

So, just to be clear: "Numb" was never actually Malta's real anthem, nor was it ever considered or anything like that. It was a super funny, viral anecdote that stuck in people's minds simply because of how unexpected it was and how famous the song is.

An epic moment for music blooper history!